DocumentCode
2326198
Title
Maintenance support for web sites: a case study
Author
Linos, Panagiotis K. ; Ososanya, Esther T. ; Natarajan, Harri
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Software Eng., Butler Univ., Indianapolis, IN, USA
fYear
2001
fDate
10 Nov. 2001
Firstpage
70
Lastpage
77
Abstract
This paper reports on results gathered during a case study using a Web maintenance tool called Perlbot. The main objective of the study is to observe the history of modifications made on various Web documents. Based on selected metrics, we collect data with respect to how such sites are maintained and evolve. The data gathered support our hypothesis that there is a worldwide tendency to accumulate large numbers of stale documents over long periods of time. Moreover, our quantitative results reveal inconsistent Web maintenance activities spanning over various international sites.
Keywords
information resources; software agents; software maintenance; Perlbot; Web documents; Web maintenance tool; Web sites; metrics; modification history; Computer aided software engineering; Computer graphics; Computer science; History; Internet; Robots; Software engineering; Statistics; Web sites; World Wide Web;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Web Site Evolution, 2001. Proceedings. 3rd International Workshop on
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1399-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WSE.2001.988788
Filename
988788
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